AddClipboardFormatListener function (winuser.h)

Places the given window in the system-maintained clipboard format listener list.

Syntax

BOOL AddClipboardFormatListener(
  [in] HWND hwnd
);

Parameters

[in] hwnd

Type: HWND

A handle to the window to be placed in the clipboard format listener list.

Return value

Type: BOOL

Returns TRUE if successful, FALSE otherwise. Call GetLastError for additional details.

Remarks

When a window has been added to the clipboard format listener list, it is posted a WM_CLIPBOARDUPDATE message whenever the contents of the clipboard have changed.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header winuser.h (include Windows.h)
Library User32.lib
DLL User32.dll
API set ext-ms-win-ntuser-misc-l1-5-1 (introduced in Windows 10, version 10.0.14393)

See also

GetClipboardSequenceNumber

RemoveClipboardFormatListener

WM_CLIPBOARDUPDATE